Islamic Center moves forward, suspect withdraws guilty plea

The Indiana man accused of starting the fire at the
Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, Randy Linn, has now requested to withdraw his
guilty plea.

Linn said he was in an emotional state, and depressed,
when he pleaded guilty, and he is now asking a federal judge to withdraw the
plea.

Cherrefe Kadri, president of the Islamic Center, said the
request doesn't bother her.

"Linn certainly has the constitutional right to withdraw
his plea," Kadri said. "We'll let the system deal with it...It doesn't really
affect us at this point because he's in custody...The system has worked for us
so far, I'm sure it'll continue and justice will...prevail."

The center was set on fire in September. Kadri said work
has been moving along according to plan, and the center should be ready to open
its doors again in late March or early April.

The center suffered mostly from smoke and water damage.
Kadri said the vinyl floors have been replaced and all the walls have been
re-painted.

"It was beautiful before," Kadri said. "It's more
beautiful, it's a new beautiful."

But they cannot let anyone inside yet, because the
upstairs still present a danger.

Kadri said the Muslim community has had difficulty
adjusting to life without the center over the past four months. She said it was
not only a place of worship, but also a social center.

"It's sad," she said. "It's a stab wound, that somebody
would come in and violate you the way Mr. Linn did. But it happened, you deal
with it, and you know, we're a strong community, so we're fine and we'll be
fine."

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